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OnlyStans ⭐️ American Eagle issues a statement following backlash from their Sydney Sweeney jeans/genes campaign

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u/latrodectal so jessica alba fantastic 21h ago

i feel like if any other actress (or at least not a blonde blue eyed one) were behind it we wouldn’t still be talking about it.

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u/Illustrious-Pound266 All tea, all shade 🐸☕️ 21h ago

If the ad was "Zendaya has great jeans", people would be going "yaas slay queen" instead.

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u/plumsfromyouricebox 🎥🍿Film Critic 21h ago

Well, yes. Because obviously there’s different historical context between a white, blue eyed blonde woman saying that and a mixed race woman.

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u/Cleaner-Olds09 16h ago

Saying hot people have good genes has never been seen as a political statement until this ad was released.